Inside Guruji's Cove

We have a new face!!

We have turned 1 last month, and what better way to gift ourselves than getting a brand new look.

We thank all our users who kept on telling us that we can do so much better with a new UI. We dedicate this new UI to them.

Frankly, it didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that we need to get better on look and feel. Guess, we were just too engrossed in getting our search piece right and the UI took a backseat. But now we are trying to change for better.

We have set up a quick poll that you can see on the right side of the search result page. Just select Yes/No and tell us if you liked our new look.

We are waiting.

You take care.

Team Guruji

Guruji Search and Win Contest

“What if we make Search more fun? Better still, it will be great if we can also let our users win some cool prizes while they search and have fun on Guruji.com.”

This is the core idea of Guruji Search and Win Contest, which went live yesterday on the 2nd of July 2007.

The contest is simple. All one has to do is search on Guruji.com and answer 5 easy questions. This wins you a Guruji coupon. You can also “Refer a Friend” and win an extra coupon for every invited friend who completes the contest.

Your Guruji coupons can win you some cool prizes like a trip for two to Singapore (including Airfare, Hotel stay, meals, sightseeing and more..), a super cool 150 cc Bajaj Pulsar, Video iPods, iPod Shuffles, MP3 players and more.

As you can see, the more the Guruji coupons you have better your chances. We are also giving away an iPod Shuffle to the top most Guruji coupon holder every week.

So what are you waiting for? Click here to play the Guruji Search and Win Contest.

You can also Take a Sample Question, Check out the Prizes,  Read the Rules and Regulations, Check out the Recent Winners, or just simply play the contest.

We hope you have fun playing the contest and win some exciting prizes too.

Cheers,
Team Guruji

Guruji launches India’s first Tamil and Malayalam Search Engine

Alright, let us correct that to – Guruji launches world’s first Tamil and Malayalam search engine. I know it may sound a bit pompous but we can barely curtail our excitement about taking our next step towards making the internet more usable (and searchable) for the Indian internet users.

The Tamil and Malayalam search engines are available at –

Tamil - http://www.guruji.com/ta/

Malayalam - http://www.guruji.com/ml/

You can input your search query either through the on-screen keyboard or phonetically using your computer keyboard.

We will continue to invest in bettering the way we understand Indian language search queries as well as the way in which we gather Indian language content from the World Wide Web.

However, we need your support to make us better everyday. So please do let us know your feedback on our Tamil and Malayalam search engine by writing to us at feedback@guruji.com

You have a great day.

Team Guruji

Guruji अब हिंदी में, ఇప్పుడు తెలుగులో, ಈಗ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ

It feels great to catch up with you after a long time. Did you ask what we have been up to? Well, we have been working on releasing Guruji search in Indian languages, and we are very happy to tell you that we launched Guruji in Hindi, Telugu and Kannada on the 9th of March 2007 at Delhi.

You can now search in these languages through Guruji, and find relevant Indian language content across categories like news, entertainment, travel, astrology, literature, business, education and more.

The search queries can be entered either phonetically through the English language keyboard or through the mouse using the virtual keyboard provided.

It is our belief that to truly empower the Indian Internet user, we need high quality Internet content and applications designed around the Indian languages, and we are doing our bit..

Please let us know what you thought about our effort around the Indian languages, criticism will help us get better, and compliments will keep us going further.. :-)

Do write to us at feedback@guruji.com

You take good care and have a great day.

Team Guruji

 

And the Indian Search Engine was Launched..

The stage was all set for the birth of the next big thing in the Indian Internet Industry – Guruji.com. I know I know it was a bit loud but we really would like to believe so :-). The entire Guruji team was all set for the BIG event and so were our pals from Sequoia. The media were present in all its strength with representatives from – regional newspapers, national newspapers, TV news channels as well as the business channels. Close to 40 journalists were present to know more about Guruji.com.

Anurag and Gaurav from Guruji and Mohit Bhatnagar from Sequoia Capital India (yes, the Indian arm of the VC who funded Yahoo, Paypal, Apple, You Tube in the past) took the center stage to introduce Guruji to the audience. Anurag began with a presentation on Guruji that covered why do we exist? How are we different? And also, some glint on what we plan to do next?

The trio then ganged up to answer questions from the media who couldn’t hide their curiosity around the venture.

 

Mohit (Partner, Sequoia Capital India) expressed his excitement on Sequoia’s association with Guruji and this is what he had to say – “We are excited to partner with Guruji.com as it pushes the envelope on providing better search for Indian Internet users”.

Now, it was time to really feel the search engine and know what makes it really different. The media folks wouldn’t just take our word for it, they really wanted to touch the search engine and see if Guruji indeed was a better option.

They made a bee line to the live demo workstation where they could play with the search engine, and their impressions were reflected in the fabulous coverage that they provided on us.

The post would be incomplete if we forget to express our gratitude to the media for their coverage. We are very thankful to Zee News, NDTV Profit, Times NOW for beaming us on their TV channels. We are also thankful to The Hindu, The Economic Times, The Financial Express, Business Standard, Deccan Herald, Vijay Times, The New India Express and a few others for their story on Guruji.

You can read some of it here -

Guruji has taken birth and we need all your support to help us grow into – What Else? – “The Next Big” thing in the Indian Internet space. We are always waiting for your feedback and suggestions at feedback@guruji.com . Keep exploring India at www.guruji.com .You have a great day and take good care of yourself.